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be_v the_o son_n of_o prince_n and_o judge_n which_o be_v call_v god_n in_o scriptureâ—…_n other_o again_o say_v that_o they_o be_v those_o whereoâ—…_n paul_n speak_v rom._n 8._o they_o that_o be_v lead_v by_o thâ—…_n spirit_n of_o god_n they_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n that_o they_o be_v holy_a and_o just_a man_n but_o they_o be_v of_o sound_a judgement_n that_o by_o they_o understand_v the_o posterity_n of_o sh_v who_o although_o they_o degenerate_v yet_o moses_n give_v they_o that_o honourable_a title_n to_o show_v their_o ingratitude_n in_o forsake_v their_o heavenly_a father_n q._n why_o be_v the_o posterity_n of_o sh_v call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n a_o because_o god_n have_v separate_v they_o from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n as_o a_o peculiar_a people_n to_o himself_o they_o do_v serve_v he_o and_o reverence_v he_o as_o their_o heavenly_a father_n second_o because_o sh_v their_o father_n be_v a_o holy_a and_o just_a man_n and_o by_o consequent_a the_o son_n of_o god_n 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priest_n gen._n 14._o yet_o all_o thing_n that_o moses_n command_v be_v not_o observe_v by_o the_o patriarch_n for_o moses_n do_v forbid_v to_o marry_v with_o two_o sister_n yet_o jacob_n do_v with_o leah_n and_o rachel_n gen._n 29._o and_o he_o command_v to_o abstain_v from_o some_o kind_n of_o flesh_n yet_o god_n give_v permission_n to_o no_n to_o eat_v of_o every_o kind_n of_o flesh_n gen._n 9_o q._n how_o knâ—…w_o the_o father_n before_o moses_n which_o be_v clean_o and_o which_o unclean_a a._n either_o by_o tradition_n of_o their_o ancestor_n or_o by_o revelation_n from_o god_n and_o not_o by_o any_o positive_a law_n yet_o we_o must_v observe_v that_o this_o distinction_n be_v not_o in_o use_n in_o regard_n of_o meat_n for_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o eat_v of_o any_o flesh_n gen._n 9_o but_o in_o regard_n of_o sacrifice_n and_o so_o beef_n sheep_n and_o goat_n be_v only_o clean_a for_o sacrifice_n of_o beast_n and_o of_o fowl_n only_a turtle-dove_n and_o pigeon_n q._n why_o will_v 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